diff --git a/buildconf/default.ini b/buildconf/default.ini
index 97c498f0..1f48dc8c 100644
--- a/buildconf/default.ini
+++ b/buildconf/default.ini
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ async = true
 evdis = false
 ldap = auto
 pcre = auto
-routing = true
+routing = auto
 debug = false
 unbit = false
 xml_implementation = libxml2
diff --git a/plugins/router_redirect/router_redirect.c b/plugins/router_redirect/router_redirect.c
index 0ab1d149..205e067f 100644
--- a/plugins/router_redirect/router_redirect.c
+++ b/plugins/router_redirect/router_redirect.c
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include "../../uwsgi.h"
 
+#ifdef UWSGI_ROUTING
+
 extern struct uwsgi_server uwsgi;
 
 int uwsgi_routing_func_redirect(struct wsgi_request *wsgi_req, struct uwsgi_route *ur) {
@@ -46,3 +48,8 @@ struct uwsgi_plugin router_redirect_plugin = {
 	.name = "router_redirect",
 	.on_load = router_redirect_register,
 };
+#else
+struct uwsgi_plugin router_redirect_plugin = {
+	.name = "router_redirect",
+};
+#endif
diff --git a/plugins/router_uwsgi/router_uwsgi.c b/plugins/router_uwsgi/router_uwsgi.c
index 743007ad..c40b2dde 100644
--- a/plugins/router_uwsgi/router_uwsgi.c
+++ b/plugins/router_uwsgi/router_uwsgi.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "../../uwsgi.h"
+#ifdef UWSGI_ROUTING
 
 extern struct uwsgi_server uwsgi;
 
@@ -114,7 +115,11 @@ void router_uwsgi_register(void) {
 }
 
 struct uwsgi_plugin router_uwsgi_plugin = {
-
 	.name = "router_uwsgi",
 	.on_load = router_uwsgi_register,
 };
+#else
+struct uwsgi_plugin router_uwsgi_plugin = {
+	.name = "router_uwsgi",
+};
+#endif
diff --git a/uwsgiconfig.py b/uwsgiconfig.py
index a3cfea1e..f09320a2 100644
--- a/uwsgiconfig.py
+++ b/uwsgiconfig.py
@@ -513,9 +513,7 @@ class uConf(object):
         if self.get('udp'):
             self.cflags.append("-DUWSGI_UDP")
 
-        if self.get('routing'):
-            self.gcc_list.append('routing')
-            self.cflags.append("-DUWSGI_ROUTING")
+        has_pcre = False
 
         # re-enable after pcre fix
         if self.get('pcre'):
@@ -527,6 +525,7 @@ class uConf(object):
                     self.cflags.append(pcreconf)
                     self.gcc_list.append('regexp')
                     self.cflags.append("-DUWSGI_PCRE")
+                    has_pcre = True
 
             else:
                 pcreconf = spcall('pcre-config --libs')
@@ -539,6 +538,17 @@ class uConf(object):
                     self.cflags.append(pcreconf)
                     self.gcc_list.append('regexp')
                     self.cflags.append("-DUWSGI_PCRE")
+                    has_pcre = True
+
+        if self.get('routing'):
+            if self.get('pcre') == 'auto':
+                if has_pcre:
+                    self.gcc_list.append('routing')
+                    self.cflags.append("-DUWSGI_ROUTING") 
+            else:
+                self.gcc_list.append('routing')
+                self.cflags.append("-DUWSGI_ROUTING")
+
 
         if self.has_include('sys/capability.h') and uwsgi_os == 'Linux':
             self.cflags.append("-DUWSGI_CAP")